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Old 13th Nov 2005, 00:30
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Dan Winterland
 
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Unless of course you learned to fly in an aircraft with the controls in the configuration God intended - stick in the centre and throttle in the left hand!

One fallacy which prevails when a p!ssing contest starts between Boing and Airbus pilots as to which is best is that Airbus pilots have little control over their aircraft. This is far from the truth. I've flown both, the airbus feels no different to a conventional aircraft despite the control laws -and in many cases flys better than a Boeing.

As far as I'm concerned, the sidestick has one major advantage in that it leaves you plenty of room for the important things in the cruise - reading the newspaper and eating dinner!
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